October 17th 2010...GO LIVE @ UAB

"go live" is the term they've been using at UAB for the start of room service. It officially starts tomorrow @ 7 am. It's been an interesting yet incredibly exhausting week. Originally I was going to go in on Sunday so I could see everything happen. However not only do I have a midterm and a bunch of projects due on Monday...I'm sick!! Yeah can't say I'm surprised. Long hours, high stress,  & little sleep alway is the perfect combination for me getting sick. But back to the topic of UAB room service...I wish I could fully explain how big of a deal this is. No hospital this size has ever done this before, and if UAB's pulls it off, it's likely other major hospitals like John Hopkins & Mass General will be next. Local media and press came to do some filming on Thursday. An entire "room service coaching team" flew in on Wednesday. They've been helping UAB get ready for this. One of them said he got a bite from the NY Times so there's a chance they'll do a piece about it. The coaches crack me up. You've got each of your chef stereotypes...the posh french chef, the bad boy tattooed chef, the very very large chef, and the micro manager. :) But seriously, they're all great and such a help. So everyone keep your fingers crossed that I'm able to give you a positive report after Sunday!! Get ready!!

On a side note...I found this on the ADA website. When I applied everything was paper and pretty much a huge pain. This would probably have been quite helpful.

Welcome to UAB..Can I take your order?

Hello world!! Sorry it's been a while since I've written something on here. The semester is picking up and everything is just getting a little bit busier. The past few weeks I've been at UAB hospital completing my required Food Service rotations. I've already done Production, Management/Computers, and Finance. I have two weeks in Patient Services left that start next Tuesday. It's been an interesting experience so far, and much more enjoyable than I thought it would be. Food Service is definitely my least favorite area of the dietetic scope of practice. However UAB hospital is about (like in a week!!!!) to transfer over to a room service style food service and it's quite the time to be an intern. Exciting yet extremely stressful at the same time. It's neat to see the preparation that goes into this process. I saw the final PDF for the menus and they look great. It really is like a 4-star hotel but it's a hospital...crazy huh? We "go live" meaning room service goes into effect on the 17th. I'll be sure to let you know how that goes! Will it be amazing or an epic failure? Still could go either way at this point....

This week I got lucky with a week at home. LOVE sleeping in (til 8am). I'm helping out one of our directors on a bunch of projects for the Alabama Dietetic Association website and other UAB things. If any of my work actually gets posted on the website, I'll post it here too!